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# Towards Maximizing a Perceptual Sweet Spot

@inproceedings{Lehmann2022TowardsMA,
title={Towards Maximizing a Perceptual Sweet Spot},
author={Pedro Izquierdo Lehmann and Rodrigo F. C{\'a}diz and Carlos A. Sing Long},
year={2022}
}
• Published 5 January 2022
• Physics
The sweet spot can be interpreted as the region where acoustic sources create a spatial auditory illusion. We study the problem of maximizing this sweet spot when reproducing a desired sound wave using an array of loudspeakers. To achieve this, we introduce a theoretical framework for spatial sound perception that can be used to deﬁne a sweet spot, and we develop a method that aims to generate a sound wave that directly maximizes the sweet spot deﬁned by a model within this framework. Our…

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